an incentive so to lay the Word of God to heart, that every thought, every

notion, every plan, every performance shall be prompted by that indwelling

Word that can effectually work in them that believe.

We have seen how able the Word of God is, and have noted its activities

in the realm of the new birth, growth and edification.  These divisions in

the experience of grace are in their turn subdivided or given different

classifications according as the Divine or the human aspect is uppermost.

In the first part of this study, the Word of God was said to be able to

make wise unto salvation, and for the time being we left the matter there.

But the reader knows that salvation is by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and

that 2 Timothy 3:15 makes this very clear.  The Scriptures make wise unto

salvation, but salvation itself is found only in Christ and by faith.

Next we were considering the incorruptible seed which alone gives life.

Nothing definite was said at the time as to the place that faith must occupy,

but the passage in 1 Peter which was before us, is introduced by the words

'Who by Him do believe in God ... that your faith and hope might be in God'

(1 Pet. 1:21).  Let us therefore consider the words of Paul in Romans 10

which relate believing or faith with preaching and the Word.  The gospel is

defined by him in Romans 10:8 'The word of faith, which we preach', and the

testimony of this word to the resurrection of Christ is to be believed in the

heart, the consequence being 'thou shalt be saved' (Rom. 10:9).  When next he

speaks of being 'saved' he substitutes the word 'call' for 'believe', saying,

'For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved'

(Rom. 10:13).

This leads to the argument of verses 14 -17 where the interrelation of

preaching, believing, hearing and the Word of God is the chief feature.

There is a figure of speech employed in the Scriptures, known by the

name Anadiplosis, to double back, where the ending of one sentence and the

beginning of the next are similar.  Psalm 121 provides several examples, one

will suffice:

'From whence cometh my help.

My help cometh from the Lord'.

The apostle's argument in Romans 10:13 -17 does not strictly follow the

pattern of an anadiplosis, but a recognition of this mode of speech will help

us in our understanding of this passage in Romans:

'How then shall they call on Him in Whom they have not Believed?

and how shall they Believe in Him of Whom they have not Heard?

and how shall they Hear without a Preacher?

and how shall they Preach, except they be Sent?' (14,15).

(The apostle, instead of continuing this anadiplosis, appeals to a

portion of the prophecy of Isaiah to confirm this matter of being sent).

From the quotation of Isaiah Paul selects the word 'glad tidings' which of

course gives him the word 'gospel' in verse 16.  The word 'obeyed' is